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Home Sweat Home: A For Better or For Worse Collection

Lynn Johnston

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

Another winner
I have read and reread all of Lynn's books and this newest addition is another great collection. This book, more than most shows the major changes that this family has gone through over the years. At times, I still find the portrayal of Mike's kids to be a little ...

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff

Jennifer L. Holm

Ginee Seo Books, 2007

Engaging a reluctant Reluctant Reader
I purchased this book for my 5th grade sister who abhors reading. She fights any book any tries to place in front of her. I first heard about this book at a Young Adult Literature Conference for teachers and librarians. It sounded interesting, so I purchased it from ...

A Fate Worse Than Death: Indian Captivities in the West 1830-1885

Gregory Michno, Susan Michno

Caxton Press, 2007

I'm not surprised...
I'm not surprised that A Fate Worse Than Death by Gregory and Susan Michno has fallen between the cracks in terms of being publicized. We live in such a "PC" world that any book that contradicts the "noble savage" theory, even if based on fact, is largely ignored. ...

From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 8)

Charlaine Harris

Ace Hardcover, 2008

Loved it!
I know there are some complaints about all the characters that make an appearance in the book, but I loved seeing everyone and how Ms. Harris tied up a lot of loose ends. I was thrilled with the addition of an mysterious new relative to Sookie's family and I was very ...

Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made It to a Theater Near You--for Better or Worse

David S. Cohen

HarperEntertainment, 2008

From words on paper to the screen -- fascinating journeys
Have you ever loved a book and then been devastated by how it was butchered in the movie? Or, thought a book was nothing more than a movie script, and then be enchanted at how it came alive on screen? This fascinating book traces the stories of how 25 movies made ...

It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1990

"ONCE UPON A TIME IN A SMALL VILLAGE...
... a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a little one-room hut." Everyone was crowded and the hut was full of quarreling or crying constantly. The poor unfortunate man was unhappy, and when he "couldn't stand it any more, ...

The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse

Richard Thompson Ford

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Thought provoking
Although I don't agree with everything the author writes, he leaves one with a lot to think about. The book covers various forms of using race such as "racism without racists" (Hurricane Katrina's aftermath) or "racism by analogy" (overweight people or smokers compare ...

The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse

Gregg Easterbrook

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

Good quick book to make you think
I was drawn to this book because of TMQ, what Mr. Easterbrook writes for ESPN. If you like that, then I would suggest you take a little bit, and enjoy a book that makes to think. Well thought out and written, with no bias for anything than the truth he describes. Enjoy.

Fates Worse Than Death

Kurt Vonnegut

Berkley Trade, 1992

Peek Into Vonnegut's Head
These essays give us a rare look in to the mind of a genius. He expounds on subjects ranging from mental illness, family relationships, death and war. Sounds depressing, but an optimism shows through. Vonnegut masterfully points out the adsurdity around us and ...

Laugh 'n' Learn Spanish : Featuring the #1 Comic Strip "For Better or For Worse"

Lynn Johnston, Brenda Wegmann

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Excellent
It's an entertaining read and the book is filled with lots of practical words and idioms and of course the illustrations provide lots of context. It's not just a bunch of cartoons with English translations. A lot of thought and care went into this book. There is ...

Seniors' Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection

Lynn Johnston

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007

The Best in the Business
For over 25 years, Lynn Johnston has done something few others have attempted. She has let her characters age and kept us involved with their lives in a humorous and loving manner. Like Doonesbury, her strip is a saga of people, events, and emotions and throughout ...

Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush

John W. Dean

Grand Central Publishing, 2005

Bush and Cheney Get Exposed
This book is a well researched and documented examination of the excesses of the Bush/Cheney presidency and how this came to be. In the book, Dean looks at the issues of secrecy within the White House, lying and dirty tricks. And, if there is anyone, anywhere who knows ...

Teaching Is a Learning Experience!: A For Better or For Worse Collection (For Better or for Worse Collections)

Lynn Johnston

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007

More than an experience!
As a teacher, I have found this particular volume of Lynn Johnson's to touch a particular chord with me. But then again, I have been using her cartoon strips to teach with, for years. Her gentle yet penetrating way of looking at life with children, from babyhood ...

Fatal Attractions: Why Sex Sins Are Worse Than Others (Sexual Integrity)

Jack W. Hayford

Gospel Light Publications, 2004

Incisive, hopeful and helpful
In my former position I served as publisher of Regal Books, the publisher of this fine book. Though I acquired this book, which was conceived in 1991 over a lunch with Pastor Jack Hayford, I left Regal before the book was published 15 years later! And though I now work ...

For Better or For Worse: Divorce Reconsidered

E. Mavis Hetherington, John Kelly

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

An indispensable resource
Mavis Hetherington has gathered together a veritable avalanche of information, in a most usable form. For parents who have divorced, and especially those preparing to enter into new marriages with children, this is a "must read." Numerous and very costly mistakes could ...